| The Three Faces of Eve | |
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| Directed by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | The Three Faces of Eve: A Case of Multiple Personality by Corbett H. Thigpen Hervey M. Cleckley |
| Produced by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Starring | Joanne Woodward David Wayne Lee J. Cobb |
| Narrated by | Alistair Cooke |
| Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
| Edited by | Marjorie Fowler |
| Music by | Robert Emmett Dolan |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $965,000[2] |
| Box office | $1.4 million (US rentals)[3] |
The Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 American drama film presented in CinemaScope, based on the book of the same name about the life of Chris Costner Sizemore, which was written by psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley, who also helped write the screenplay.[4][5] Sizemore, referred to by Thigpen and Cleckley as Eve White, was a woman they suggested might have dissociative identity disorder (then known as multiple personality disorder).[4][5][6] Sizemore's identity was concealed in interviews about this film and was not revealed to the public until 1977. The film was directed by Nunnally Johnson.[7]
Joanne Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actress to win an Oscar for portraying three personalities (Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane). The Three Faces of Eve also became the first film since 1936—when Bette Davis won for Dangerous (1935)—to win the Best Actress award without getting nominated in any other category.[8]
- ^ "To Attend 'Eve' Bow". Motion Picture Daily: 3. September 10, 1957. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p251
- ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
- ^ a b Thigpen, Corbett H.; Cleckley, Hervey M. (1992). The Three Faces of Eve (Revised ed.). New York City: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0911238518. [Translated into 27 languages]
- ^ a b Bliss 1986, p. 263.
- ^ Smith 2000, p. 244.
- ^ "The Three Faces of Eve". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Dangerous". Retrieved July 4, 2019 – via www.IMDb.com.